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To promote the general welfare : the case for big government /

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Lost in all the Tea Party rage and rhetoric is this simple fact. Tthe federal government plays a central role in making our society function, and it always has. The essays in this volume explore the many ways government programs have improved the quality of life in America. From education, communica...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Conn, Steven
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
United States > Social policy > 19th century.
United States > Social policy > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 19th century.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • Looking for government in all the wrong places / Brian Balogh
  • Transportation and the uniting of the nation / Zachary M. Schrag
  • Uncle Sam at the blackboard : the federal government and American education / Jonathan Zimmerman
  • Banking on government / Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
  • Twenty-nine helmets : government power and the promise of security / Kevin Boyle
  • The right to a decent home / Thomas J. Sugrue
  • Solving the nation's number one health problem(s) / Karen Kruse Thomas
  • Culture for the people : how government has fostered the arts and culture / Steven Conn
  • From Franklin to Facebook : the civic mandate for communications / Richard R. John
  • From endeavor to achievement and back again : government's greatest hits in peril / Paul C. Light.